KU news archive
Tue, 02/28/2023 — Reported crimes were up at the University of Kansas Lawrence campus, according to statistics released today by the KU Police Department.
KU Police took reports of 526 criminal offenses on campus in 2022, which is an 11% increase from 2021....
Tue, 02/28/2023 — in that order — all helped to inspire the latest cycle of ceramic works from Sarah Gross. The resulting show of those works, which Gross calls “Fruits of My Labor,” opened Feb. 27 and runs through March 29 at Spiva Art Gallery at Missouri...
Tue, 02/28/2023 — The University of Kansas is part of a national project to better prepare future social workers to recognize and respond to domestic violence and in turn provide that training to agencies that serve survivors across the country.
KU and other...
Tue, 02/28/2023 — The Spencer Museum of Art invites the public to explore its recently renovated and reinstalled collection galleries at Level Up!, An Art Party for All, from noon to 5 p.m. March 4. This free community celebration will highlight the Spencer...
Tue, 02/28/2023 — Elizabeth MacGonagle, associate professor of history and African & African-American studies at the University of Kansas, is the recipient of the 2022 George and Eleanor Woodyard International Educator Award.
MacGonagle will give a talk on...
Tue, 02/28/2023 — LAWRENCE – Do you know if you’re eligible for free tax preparation services?
This spring, University of Kansas School of Law students with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program will once again prepare returns for taxpayers who are residents of Douglas County, make less than $60,000 per household per year and do not itemize their deductions. The VITA sessions began Feb. 20 and will run through Tax Day, which is April 18. No sessions will take place March 13-19 during KU’s spring break.
“Taxes are something most every person in the U.S. has to deal with, but it causes anxiety for a lot of individuals,” said Toni Ruo, third-year law student. “The VITA
Mon, 02/27/2023 — The new Jayhawk Welcome Center, a dynamic and inviting space that represents a new era in student recruitment for the University of Kansas, is now open for campus tours by prospective students and their families — as well as events and...
Mon, 02/27/2023 — A scientist, broadcaster and bestselling author who focuses on the complicated, interwoven history of genetics and race will give a public seminar at the University of Kansas in early March.
Adam Rutherford will discuss “Eugenics and the...
Mon, 02/27/2023 — Researchers, students, professionals, educators, families and advocates are invited to Autism Across the Life Span, an annual conference presented by the Kansas Center for Autism Research & Training (K-CART) at the University of Kansas Life...
Mon, 02/27/2023 — The Kansas African Studies Center (KASC) has announced the schedule for the 2023 Ujamaa Virtual Colloquium Series, which continues the 2022-2023 academic year theme of “Public Health and Well-being in Global Africa.” It features...
Wed, 02/22/2023 — LeBron James has many things, including the recently acquired NBA all-time scoring record and his long-possessed commanding physical strength. The two seem to be related. But basketball researchers at the University of Kansas have published a...
Wed, 02/22/2023 — The University of Kansas is launching a new concentration in applied data analytics in its Bachelor of Professional Studies degree program in the School of Professional Studies. It will be offered online through the University of Kansas Edwards...
Wed, 02/22/2023 — For six years, Lucas Vieira has taught English to middle schoolers in Rio de Janeiro, but it was his ability to visit a Lawrence restaurant solo and carry on a conversation with the staff that provided a major confidence boost.
“I feel...
Wed, 02/22/2023 — The University of Kansas Office of Space Management has transformed an unused lab in Malott Hall into a new studio space for the School of Architecture & Design.
Increasing enrollment rates over the past decade have created a need for the...
Tue, 02/21/2023 — The fourth candidate for the University of Kansas Libraries dean position will give a public presentation at 3 p.m. Feb. 23 in Watson Library in Watson 3 West Event Space.
The event will be livestreamed, and the passcode is 959680.
Catherine...
Tue, 02/21/2023 — Researchers from the University of Kansas are helping build an international, multidisciplinary center to monitor pathogens in wild mammals and act as an early warning system for pandemic prediction and prevention.
The Pathogen Informatics...
Tue, 02/21/2023 — University of Kansas debaters Ethan Harris, sophomore from Lawrence, and Will Soper, junior from Bucyrus, won the Mid America Championship debate tournament hosted by the University of Central Oklahoma. The pair went undefeated over 10 rounds...
Tue, 02/21/2023 — R. David Edelman, an American policymaker and academic who currently directs the Project on Technology, the Economy, and National Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will deliver the Madison and Lila Self Graduate...
Mon, 02/20/2023 — For Paul Outka, associate professor of English at the University of Kansas, the “slow-motion meteor strike” of environmental degradation and the accompanying “sense of looming, but not fully arrived, apocalypse … that unites us all is an...
Mon, 02/20/2023 — The nation’s leading financial regulator is facing a transparency crisis of its own. According to a new study by a University of Kansas law professor, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is becoming increasingly secretive regarding...
